Recurrent horizontal transfer of arsenite methyltransferase genes facilitated adaptation of life to arsenic
Abstract The toxic metalloid arsenic has been environmentally ubiquitous since life first arose nearly four billion years ago and presents a challenge for the survival of all living organisms. Its bioavailability has varied dramatically over the history of life on Earth. As life spread, biogeochemic...
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Nature Portfolio
2017
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